Dream Tower Chronicle

Monday, December 24, 2018

This year's holiday season is a challenging time for me. So, it was a nice little present to get this wonderful review of Rogues of Merth: The Adventures of Dareon and Blue, Book 1, from Tangent Online! Thank you editor Dave Truesdale, and excellent reviewer Tara Grímravn. Tara also capsulized the plot of each story probably better than I could have done!

Here's an excerpt:

"Zoltan’s Rogues of Merth reminds me of everything in my youth that caused me to fall in love with fantasy in the first place. Lovers of the genre, especially of the classic sword-and-sorcery sub-genre, are sure to enjoy this lively collection."

Friday, December 21, 2018

One Night in Merth, the audiobook dramatized adventure is now available to enjoy at dreamtowermedia.com/podcast! The origin story of how Dareon and Blue first met, and the first story in Rogues of Merth: The Adventures of Dareon and Blue, Book 1, available now in paperback or for Kindle on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998030309).

One night in Merth, that largest, most diverse, most decadent of westerly cities on the continent of Plemora, a desperate young poet swordsman and an ingenuous young tribal warrior are drawn together by magic, machinations, and mysterious forces that converge upon a single pearl of extraordinary size and luster.

Written, composed, and produced by Robert Zoltan. Starring Danita Bayer, Whitton Frank, Kori Wilson, and Robert Zoltan.

Friday, November 16, 2018

“Colorful and Exciting. Dareon and Blue are interesting and involving
people to spend time with…the more involved stories show an imaginative
force and a real belief in the core of the characters' motivations that
compel the reader's interest. There is plenty of room for additional
intriguing adventures for this pair of characters, and I for one will be
happy to see where their lives lead them.”
— RICH HORTON, EDITOR OF THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

One Night in Merth, that most westerly city tottering on the edge of the Succulent Sea, a desperate young poet swordsman and an ingenuous young tribal warrior meet by chance or fate or luck. Their unlikely friendship sets them on a course of adventures across the wild mysterious continent of Plemora, where they face monsters, magicians, maledictions, and things nameless and far stranger.

A novel-length collection of Heroic Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Adventures in the tradition of the Golden Age (Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, and C.L. Moore).

Thanks to everyone who has supported Rogues of Merth by enjoying the audiobook adventures or purchasing The Blue Lamp short story. This book was five years in the making, and I hope it will prove worth the wait for everyone!

Friday, November 2, 2018

“Colorful and Exciting. Dareon and Blue are interesting and involving people…the more involved stories show an imaginative force and a real belief in the core of the characters’ motivations that compel the reader’s interest. There is plenty of room for additional intriguing adventures for this pair of characters, and I for one will be happy to see where their lives lead them.”

— RICH HORTON, EDITOR OF THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

Coming November 16th! Rogues of Merth: The Adventures of Dareon and Blue, Book 1 will be released as a paperback and an ebook. You can pre-order the Kindle edition now on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JQ5466Z (paperbooks cannot be pre-ordered). Visit the new Rogues of Merth site and sign up for the Dream Tower Media mailing list for more upcoming Rogues of Merth news!

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Literary Wonder & Adventure Show was just nominated for a Robert E. Howard Foundation Award! It was also recommended by top editor Rich Horton for a Hugo Award! And if that's not enough, Episode 10 is now live! Premiering another full audio drama of those two reluctant adventurers, the poet swordsman Dareon Vin and his Indari warrior comrade known as Blue.
ROGUES OF MERTH: DELTA OF THE DAMNED
A thrilling sword and sorcery adventure!
(and, if you missed it, Episode 9 is still available—Clark Ashton Smith, Poet of The Fantastic: A Conversation with Author Ryan Harvey)
http://dreamtowermedia.com/podcast/

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Host Robert Zoltan and author Becky Chambers (The Wayfarer Series) hold a
provocative discussion on the controversial topics of space travel,
alien sex, and robot love! Meanwhile, Robert and Edgar the Raven finally
make it out of deep space and return to Los Angeles to find a strange
package awaiting them. As if that’s not enough, Edgar gets down and funky
to the catchy song, Rocketship, by Seduction Revolution. All on this
episode of Literary Wonder & Adventure! And it’s free!

Don't forget to tell your friends, and please leave a
review on iTunes, which constitutes 70% of podcast listeners.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Why do we complain? Because we feel alone, but we are afraid of looking foolish or weak if we speak what is plainly in our heart. “I feel alone in this. I only need to know that someone else has experienced this, that someone else cares.” If we could speak vulnerably, honestly, and simply about what we feel, we would no longer need to complain about our situation.

We are afraid that we alone, afraid that events will not be favorable to us, afraid that Life is not what we believed it to be and want it to be. In fact, it is very likely that Life is NOT what we believe it to be or have been taught to expect. But it is likely that Life is far more mysterious and unpredictable and wonderful than we believed. And it may want for us far more (though different) and want from us far more than we expected. And if it is also more difficult than we believed, which it surely is at times, we must remember that we were created to be perfectly accustomed to it. We need not be afraid, but can have confidence that whatever happens is a part we are fully equipped to play, and that part is essential to the whole movement of Life, in which we are an integral member, and therefore, never alone, meaningless, or forgotten.

About Me

Robert Zoltan Szeles is a Los Angeles-based artist, composer, and author of literary and speculative fiction. His music regularly appears in major TV shows and film trailers. He has done illustration and design for major clients including Simon & Schuster and Disney. He received Honorary Mention in the 2016 Writers of the Future Award,and has appeared in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, as well as getting complimentary notes from editors of reputable literary publications such as The Missouri Review (who said his work “impressed the editorial staff with its beautiful use of language.“) and from the literary journal ZYZZYVA, which has published Pulitzer Prize winning authors.